Title
De vero telescopii inventore, : cum brevi omnium conspiciliorum historia. Ubi de eorum confectione, ac usu, seu de effectibus agitur, novaque quædam circa ea proponuntur. Accessit etiam Centuria observationum microcospicarum [sic]. / Authore Petro Borello, Regis Christianissimi consiliario, & medico ordinario..
Imprint
Hagæ-Comitum, : Ex typographia Adriani Vlacq,, M.DC.LV [-M.CD.LVI]. [1655-1656]
Physical description
3 pts. ([8], 67 [1]; 63, [1]; 45, [5] p., [2] leaves of plates) : ill., ports. ; 19 cm (4to)
Note
Part 2 has caption title "Liber secundus de conspiciliis, sive compendium praecipuorum authorum, qui de iis disseruerunt" on leaf K1r, and begins new pagination; register continuous.
Note
Part 3 has special title page with ornament, dated 1656: "Observationum microcospicarum [sic] centuria ..." and begins new pagination and register.
Note
Includes etched and woodcut illustrations within text throughout.
Note
With a final errata leaf (chi1).
Note
Signatures: )?(² A-R⁴ ²A-²F⁴ chi1.
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Includes index.
Note
Ornament on title page, head-pieces, initials.
Note
With portraits of Zacharias Jansen and Hans Lippershey (Lipperhey) signed "Berckman"and "I. v. Meurs".
Citation/references note
CLC, B2060
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
17th-century sprinkled brown calf over paper boards; repaired and rebacked, with new endleaves; boards decorated with blind fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards, with additional vertical blind fillets towards spine; gilt fillet around board edges; text block edges sprinkled red; new spine with title and date in gilt: "Borellus De Vero Telescopii Inventore" and "1655".
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting final errata leaf.
Subject
Jansen, Zacharias, 1588-1632
Subject
Lippershey, Hans
Subject
Telescopes Early works to 1800.
Subject
Microscopy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Microscopes Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Vlacq, Adriaan, 1600-1667 printer.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Liber secundus de conspiciliis, sive compendium praecipuorum authorum, qui de iis disseruerunt.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Observationum microscopicarum centuria.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Hague.
B14400
UKSbSC
20230215135536.3